The Monument presents the following inscription on the Sarcophagus, or Cenotaph of the heroes. On the front, in large letters: MORTEM. VIRTVS. COMMVNEM. FAMAM. HISTORIA. MONVMENTVM. POSTERITAS. DEDIT. This inscription was honored with the prize Medal, and was written by J. CHARLTON FISHER, L. L. D. On the rear is the following, altered from that which was inscribed upon the Plate deposited with the foundation stone: HUJUSCE MONUMENTI IN VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM MEMORIAM, FUNDAMENTUM P. C. GEORGIUS COMES DE DALHOUSIE ; A. S. MDCCCXXVII. GEORGIO IV. BRITANNIARUM REGE. On the north side of the Sarcophagus, looking to the country, is the simple word "MONTCALM," in large characters; and on the opposite side, that towards the River by which he reached the scene of his glorious victory and death, is inscribed the name of "WOLFE." The following lines were written on the occasion of laying the first stone of the Monument: the Latin tetrastick by the author of the prize incription, and the English ode by an officer of the 66th Regiment : WOLFE-MONTCALM. HAVD ACIES EADEM-AST EADEM FATALIS ARENA- STANZAS ADDRESSED TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE. Shall thousand Cenotaphs proclaim Deeply each BRITISH heart hath mourn'd Be THINE the stain to wash away, And thou, brave Veteran, on whose breast Virtue and Valor have agreed, The Christian Priests shall bless the deed, 66 Having replied to the somewhat illiberal censure of the author of "Men and Manners in America," we must now advert, as connected with the too hasty impressions and frequently erroneous conclusions of travellers, to a statement contained in a recent publication, intituled, " Transatlantic Sketches," by Captain ALEXANDER, 42d Royal Highlanders, F. R. G. S. and M. R. A. S. It is known to all residents in QUEBEC, that at the corner of St. John and Palace Streets, there is a public house, yclept "General Wolfe's Hotel ;" and that in a niche at the angle of the wall, there has long been a diminutive statue, of painted wood, said to be of that hero. Captain ALEXANDER thus gravely introduces it to his readers: "I promenaded about the city, and had pointed out to me the various objects of interest, particularly the small statue of WOLFE, in a red coat, cocked hat and knee breeches, set up in a corner of a street, to mark the spot to which the conqueror of Quebec penetrated as a spy previous to his victory!" It is certainly true that this statue was set up in honor of WOLFE, after the conquest, by an individual of more patriotism than taste; but the tale of his having penetrated into St. John Street as a spy is in itself so very improbable, and is besides so completely negatived by the well known facts of his attack upon the city, that it is really surprising how a traveller of any reputation could have been so far imposed upon as to record a story which his own historical information ought to have warned him to reject. CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH. THE LOWER TOWN-EARLIEST NOTICE OF IT-ITS TRADE, AND MANNERS IN 1700-DESCRIPTION IN 1720-PRESENT STATE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. - It has been stated that the Lower Town of QUEBEC is built principally upon ground either gained by excavation from the rock on which the Upper Town stands, or, in the course of time, redeemed from the water's edge. As the early inhabitants had recourse to neither of these expedients, the site of their buildings in the Lower Town must have been very confined. Before the establishment of the Royal Government in 1663, a few scattered houses, magazines and stores, occupied all the River side, from the foot of the Sault-au-Matelot to the base of Cape Diamond. The oldest account of the Lower Town is to be found in the Latin work of Father Du CREUX, who came to New France about 1625, and whose book is dated in 1664. He says:-" Below the Citadel, from the Sault-au-Matelot to Cape Diamond, there is a level space, convenient for landing merchandise, and the cargoes of vessels. This, if protected by a wall of masonry, would be evidently well adapted for a harbor, since the road is every way proper for ships, the force of the waves being broken by the interposition of the Isle of Orleans. On this level space are the magazines of the French merchants: at some distance apart, the store-houses of some distinguished French gentlemen; and, now and then, some habitations of Frenchmen, who have exchanged Old for New France." In the Voyage de l'Amerique of LA POTHErie, who visited the Province in 1698, there is an engraved representation of the Upper and Lower Town. From this it appears that the River then washed the foot of the cliff along St. Paul Street; and very few houses are seen from the Point to the centre of Sault-au-Matelot Street. The greater number are in the vicinity of the Place de Notre Dame, or Lower Town Market-place, where they were rather thickly clustered. Sous le Fort Street is plainly delineated, as well as the Queen's Wharf, which was then a platform planted with trees, where there was a battery level with the water. Towards the west, the buildings extended but a little way beyond the King's Wharf. TRADE OF QUEBEC IN 1700. As an interesting recollection in the present advanced condition of Colonial trade,-now that the commercial character of the British population is fully developed,-we shall give an account of the early traffic of the Lower Town, on the authority of LA POTHERIE. The houses, in which the merchants lived for the convenience of business,, were well built, and of cut stone. All persons, except the Clergy, and some of the Officers, Civil and Military, were engaged in commerce, the revenues of their lands being insufficient to maintain their families; and the country being in too rude a state to supply |